hate, buto acts of the victims determined to come back. i'm kimberly suiters. a racial slur on a family's front door and in virginia, prayer for peace following an active anti-jewish and anti-muslim vandalism.

vigil in a moment. we begin tonight in montgomery county. a wheaton woman says it does not make sense. she came home to find a derogatory word on her front door. as police tried to figure out who can be behind it, ryan tells us how the family is coping with someone else's hate. ryan: the ice cream truck is making its rounds and kids are shooting hoops, but in this quiet neighborhood on mcmahon road, thomas thompson is trying to comprehend why his home was targeted with hate-based vandalism. >> this is a really diverse community. for us to be singled out, it doesn't make sense to me. ryan: his fiancee was heading home to the hospital thursday afternoon when she found a derogatory word across the front door. >> somebody wrote somedy

when i stepped back, i said it was the "n" word. when i stepped back, iryan: shey director and then the police. she believes hate is the motive. i don't understand why somebody would do that. ryan: the couple moved to wheaton in november. what upsets them the most is their young daughter oh must this all the hateful language on the door. >> racism is not the way to go. there is always going to be differences in the world. ryan: the maintenance worker told her this may have happened before. a reward of up to $10,000 is being offered for information leading to an arrest. >> i hope they catch this person or the people that is doing it, because it's just not right. ryan: ryan hughes, abc 7 news. kimberly: in another community, uniting in annandale. it was a packed house as people of all religions and

joined together in prayer. we are taken inside the vigil after a vandalism against a jewish community center and a church in the area. reporter: it is holy week in united church of christ. those who came to this special service were not here to celebrate easter, they came has united show of force in the face of darkness. >> tonight, we are here for the people in those communities. faither: am myriad of communities filled the sanctuary for a vigil after this church and the nearby jewish community center was spray-painted with hurtful messages of hate. this is also passover, a time of those of the jewish faith celebrate freedom of oppression. >> we are looking at a time where we can look behind is in history. it will always be difficult times and we need to be those of the jewish faith celebrate freedom ofresilient. it is a wake-up call that the fight has to kee

that we remain witnesses and understand what happened. in doing so, we recognize that hatred and move through that. we can begin to move towards it. reporter: the love was felt when all of those in attendance ended the vigil by encircling the church with candles held high. we want to let you know police did make an arrest in connection with that vandalism at the jcc and church. dylan mahone faces hate crime charges. investigators say they found spray paint and anti-somatic posters inside his home. -security around the world as millions get ready to celebrate easter. it comes after attacks on churches, including one in egypt last week. security is especially tight in rome with law-enforcement and bomb sniffing dogs deployed as thousands celebrate the holy week.

closed to traffic to prevent truck attacks like those in london, berlin and nice. mere hours after a massive show of military force, an embarrassment for north korea and its leader. the pentagon said a north korean missile blew up almost instantly after launch. testailed launched to be a after north korea showed off missiles and missile containers during a celebration. vice president mike pence is en route to south korea and japan to reinsurer our u.s. allies. in nearly 200 cities and here in washington, protesters had a message for president trump -- release your tax returns. thousands of people gathered on the west lawn at the capital before marching past the trump hotel. today is traditionally tax day but not everybody agrees with protesters who say the president should come clean.

of the united states should live to the people of the united states. we need to know. people have known for the last 40 years what the president's tax returns say. >> i think we need to get this country moving in the direction. i think the president is trying to do that. >> does it matter what his taxes are at the end of the day? >> not to me. >> i think we need to get this country moving in the direction. kimberly: the president has refused to release his returns, claiming he is being audited. he also said only journalists care about the content of those returns. words were not the only things flying as pro and anti-trump protesters clashed in california. berkeley police arrested more than a dozen people when the fights broke out. minor damage was reported but no serious injuries. it is a somber weekend at virginia tech as the 32 people killed nearly a decade ago are remembered.

gunman opened fire in an engineering all. a wreathlaying and moment of silence will be held in the morning followed by a campuswide commemoration. a taste of summer for easter sunday. >> temperatures working their way into the mid-80's. i'm tracking some rain for

>> it was a fireworks finale for this year's cherry blossom festival. mother nature putting up a light show of her own but the rain and thunderstorms moving out of here completely. veronicadal basin, johnson takes us through the day. veronica: it has been a busy day. the national cherry blossom festival. activities just wrapped up with these spectacular fireworks on the southwest waterfront. how did everybody like the fireworks? >> they

they went on for longer than i thought they would. veronica: the festival is considered the nation's greatest they went on for longer than i thought they would. springtime celebration, included live music on the stage. i had the opportunity to emcee this year. there was space painting and bubble making for the kids, and large crowds dancing the day away. springtime best at the start, it sure ended great. >> got a little bit of every season for the pastwhile the wee month and ending with summer. it felt like the fourth of july. temperatures getting into the 50's and 60's tonight. very comfortable overnight and into tomorrow morning. a stray shower but most of us are dry. we will start up drive for easter sunday as well. tomorrow morning, some clouds md ending with summer. but it will be a sunny start to the day. we don't have to worry about the rainnt

pushing across the area and builds up. ultimately, some spotty showers and some thunderstorms. the best chance is later and later. this is 8:30 p.m. on sunday you can see the rain working towards hagerstown and winchester. after 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, that is when we will see the chance for rain. it hangs on sunday night and into early monday morning. by 7:00, most of us should be dry. the majority of monday is looking pretty good. the cloud cover breaking down. temperatures back into the mid to upper 70's on monday. tomorrow, buty is still very warm for this time of year. let's look at some of the numbers. tomorrow around lunchtime, temperatures in the low 80's. 85 by 2:00. highs tomorrow, 85 in d.c. in frederick, hagerstown, low to mid 80's. into the gametime here, pitch at

mid-80's and it should be dry. for the end of the game, you start to run into a little of that spotty rain. by the time we get to monday, 69 at noon. early cloud cover and more sunshine later on. we have temperatures that get back closer to normal by the time we get to tuesday and wednesday. back into the 60's. the most rainy day will be wednesday and another chance of rain on sunday. saturday is looking like a nicer day. kimberly: great news for easter sunday. coming up next, the capitals and maple leafs just finished a marathon at the verizon center. alex ovechkin did his part. was it enough for the win? we will let you know, when we come back.

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inside a locker room and that is why i am doing sports. the caps hosting the maple leafs in the first round of the playoff series. this has become an instant classic. we pick up the action in the second period. 1-0, toronto. who oshie to alex ovechkin scores his first goal of the playoffs. it is a power-play goal. tied at 1. e maple leafs with a 3-2 lead. orlov to the net and nicklas backstrom ties it. they aree maple leafs with a 3-. orlov overtime with the game tied at 3. inthat is not right -- actually this game went into double overtime. theeri kapanen ends marathon with his second goal. the caps lose a heartbreaker. game three is monday night in toronto. if you had a chance to go outside today, it was a perfect day for some baseball.

nats back on the diamond this afternoon continuing their series with the phillies. it is jackie robinson day. 70 years ago today,nats robinson broke baseball's color barrier. bottom of the seventh, 2-1, phillies. that gets out of here. a solo shot. nats tie the game at 2-2. the phillies come right back. hernandez list that to the right and that ball is gone. second home run of the season. nats lose, sadly, 4-2. d.c. united in the big apple facing the red bulls. still scoreless. the red bulls have a corner kick. right in front of alex who scores the beautiful header. the red bulls have another goal later in the game and take this one 2-0. finally, t w